Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To know the sense of shame is to draw close to courage. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own character. Knowing how to cultivate his own character, he knows how to govern other men. Knowing how to govern other men, he knows how to govern the world, its states, and its families.

We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.

Never tire to study. And to teach to others

The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.

The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.